Wednesday, January 6th, 2021
CPEC to boost Agriculture Sector in Pakistan: Chairman PARC
ISLAMABAD, JAN 6 (DNA) – Parliamentary Committee on CPEC headed by Sher Ali Arbab (MNA)/ Chairman Committee visited National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) this Wednesday. Secretary MNFS&R, Mr. Ghufran Memon, Chairman PARC Dr. Azeem Khan alongwith DG NARC Engr. Shamimul Sibtain Shah welcomed the members of the Committee. The purpose of this meeting was to make agriculture sector an important part of CPEC and find possible Pak-China agricultural cooperation and technical assistance through PARC interventions. PARC National Agriculture Research Centre is the largest research center of PARC. The delegacy wasRead More
Dr. Sania convenes maiden meeting of Ehsaas steering committee
DNA ISLAMABAD, JAN 6 – A maiden meeting of the Ehsaas steering committee for Waseela-e-Taleem Digital, an education conditional cash transfer programme was convened under the chair of SAPM Dr. Sania Nishtar. The steering committee members were briefed on the massively reformed Waseela-e-Taleem Digital, that has massively been reformed and scaled up through end-to-end digitization, cost effective changes in institutional infrastructure, new stipend policy, and nationwide expansion across all districts. The Rs. 80 billion programme will bring 5 million deserving primary school children into its fold from across all 154Read More
Pakistan challenges Indian ‘hegemony’ in South Asia: Senator (R) Javed Jabbar
DNA ISLAMABAD, JAN 6 – Former Senator Javed Jabbar has said that Pakistan is the only country in the South Asian region which challenges and deter the Indian hegemony. He was speaking in a webinar organized by Muslim Youth University (MYU), International Relations department titled “Revitalization of Two Nation Theory from perspective of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.” Jabbar said that many people believe that the two-nation theory ended with the creation of Bangladesh, something he could not agree with. Bangladeshis rejected the state of Pakistan, not the conceptRead More
Reeling Indian Juggernaut in the Himalayas
Abdul Rashid Shakir India’s hegemonic posture and expansionist designs in the South Asia can be well appreciated if we dissect its lethal miscalculations on economic and political fronts. Economically, Indian authorities boasted of their upsurge in the emerging market countries, and their joining multi-trillion dollar economies club with $2.8 Trillion GDP and export revenue of around $324 Billion in 2019. Its impressive IT industry, with around $147 Billion exports, tempted it to aspire for a bigger-than-stature role in international power politics. But ostensibly, blindfolded by this illusion of self-Read More
Energy sector experts highlight importance of facilitation for renewable energy initiatives
DNA ISLAMABAD – It is high time for Pakistan to shift towards Green Energy. Therefore, government needs to come up with policies to facilitate stakeholders to explore more options for sustainable renewable energy. The energy and environmental sectors experts said this while sharing their views with the participants at the inception meeting of the Network for Renewable Energy Research and Advocacy titled ‘Clean Energy Transition in Pakistan’, organized by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) here on Wednesday. Managing Director Pakistan Power & Infrastructure Board, Mr Shah Jahan Mirza, while covering variousRead More
CAA issues new SOPs for international passengers
ISLAMABAD, JAN 6 (DNA) – The Civil Aviation Authority has issued a list of new SOPs for international passengers coming to Pakistan according to the categories their country of origin has been placed in due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a notification issued on Tuesday, the authority said 23 countries have been placed in Category A. This means that inbound passengers from these countries will not have to get a coronavirus tests prior to travel. The countries in this category are: Australia China Cote D’Ivoire Cuba Fiji Iceland Ireland KazakhstanRead More